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City staff outline cramped City Hall, commission architect study and schedule a tour
Tumwater City Council (work session) · March 25, 2026
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Summary
Staff briefed council on City Hall space constraints — staff growth, lack of meeting and private spaces, parking and security issues — and proposed an architect-led study and an immediate site tour to inform short- and long-term options.
City staff opened a City Hall briefing at the March 24 work session, describing a decades-long growth in staff and services that has left the historic 1987 City Hall constrained for modern operations.
Staff said City Hall originally served a population of about 8,500 with 63 full-time employees; it now houses 113 City Hall staff within a…
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